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Testing of Soaps and Detergents on Animals to Be Soon Banned in India
India will no longer conduct tests for soaps and detergents on animals, as a ban on such testing is soon going to come into effect. Here’s more. There is some great news for animals in India. After a...
View ArticleMeet Mahendra Shrimali, The Man Who Set up India’s First Shelter for Dogs...
The 64-year-old, a former senior officer at the State Bank of India, talks about his disabled and wounded dogs like a father about his children—with the same love, affection, warmth, and tenderness. He...
View ArticleHow Aditya Fought All Odds to Become India’s Youngest Single Parent to Adopt...
A special child named Binny was the recipient of extraordinary love and care by software engineer Aditya Tiwari. On January 1, 2016, Aditya made history by becoming the youngest single adoptive parent...
View ArticleMY VIEW: Why Lifting the Ban on Sex Determination Is Bad News for Women in India
The intention to lift the ban on sex determination in order to check the falling child sex ratio has kicked up quite a controversy in India. The Union Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Maneka...
View ArticleThis Crew Gives Animals a Place to Rest, Recuperate and Even Get a Dignified...
We have hospitals and clinics to cater to our ill and infirm. But who takes care of the injured and sick wildlife forced to share space with us in our concrete jungles? Meet a band of wonderful people...
View ArticleManeka Gandhi Asks Women Facing Online Abuse To Use #IAmTrolled And Inform...
In a move welcomed by women, especially active users of social media like Facebook and Twitter, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi announced on Tuesday that women being harassed on...
View ArticleMY STORY: I Helped a Mentally Disabled Woman with Just One Email. Here’s How...
In the MY STORY section, we present some of the most compelling and pertinent stories and experiences shared with us by our readers. Do you have something to share? Write to us:...
View ArticleVIDEO: Government Launches E-box to Allow Children to File Sexual Abuse...
An e-box launched for the safety and anonymity of children, has been launched as a part of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act of 2012, or POCSO. Instance of sexual abuse and crimes...
View ArticleGovt’s E-Commerce Portal to Help Women Entrepreneurs Go Cashless along with...
In a move to boost business for women entrepreneurs registered on the government’s e-commerce portal, Mahila e-Haat, the centre is now planning to tie-up with e-commerce companies like Amazon and...
View ArticleIs the Juice Just for Boys? Meet the 9-Year-Old Who Fought & Won a Gender War...
Mriganka Majumder, a precocious 9-year-old from Guwahati, who studies in Grade 3, has zero tolerance when it comes to digesting sexism. Literally. When the young girl saw that a popular juice box aimed...
View Article50,000 Street Children in New Delhi to Receive Their Aadhaar Cards in 6 Months
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has collaborated with NGO Save the Children to launch a restoration and rehabilitation scheme for street children. As part of the...
View ArticleManeka Gandhi Calls out the Indian Film Industry for Passing off...
Indian cinema needs to re-think what it portrays as romance because it could very easily be considered “eve-teasing”. The Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, at a recent...
View ArticleManeka Gandhi Bats for Single Moms. Says Father’s Name Shouldn’t Be Mandatory...
Maneka Gandhi, the Woman and Child Development Minister, doesn’t want it to be mandatory to mention a child’s father’s name on degree certificates. And she has written a letter to the Ministry of Human...
View ArticleAre C-Sections Safe? A Few Doctors Are Busting Myths & Promoting Natural...
For any conversation about unnecessary cesarean births to be productive and useful, we need to first acknowledge two crucial elements of the problem. One, that C-sections performed without valid...
View ArticleAn E-Platform Will Soon Help Central Govt Employees File Sexual Harassment...
Central government employees will soon have the opportunity to report cases of sexual harassment at work. A e-platform, to be launched this month, will enable women employed with the central government...
View ArticleShould Medical Marijuana Be Legalised in India? The Pros, Cons & More
Recently, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi recommended that medical marijuana be made legal in India. Though marijuana, or cannabis, is commonly known to be a recreational drug, it has also been used for...
View ArticleRestrooms Aren’t Meant for Nursing Babies – Here’s to Normalising...
Earlier this year, the Maternity Benefit Act was amended to increase maternity leave from the existing 12 to 26 weeks. The announcement came as a boon to many new mothers and mothers-to-be across...
View ArticleAll of 14, This National Child Awardee Had an Amazing Plan for His Prize Money
Born on 30th October 2003 and all of 14 years of age, Ayush Kishore is certainly a child wonder. He has a huge list of awards and recognition to his credit. He has been the winner of mathematics...
View ArticleGovt Plans Penalties, Seizures Against NRI Husbands Who Abandon Their Wives
In less than three years, the Ministry of External Affairs has reported receiving over 3000 distressed calls from Non-Resident Indian (NRI) wives. We have seen and read many instances where the groom,...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just ‘Bad Touch’: Here Are 6 Cautions You Must Teach Your Children
7-year-old Veer has suddenly developed a fear of going into the study in his house. His parents have been goading him to get over his fear, but they are unable to understand the basis of it. This...
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